Sketching War: August von Larisch and the Puzzle of 1812

TY - JOUR

T1 - Sketching War

T2 - August von Larisch and the Puzzle of 1812

AU - Engberg-Pedersen, Anders

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - During the Napoleonic Wars the military croquis, or sketch map, played an important role in the spatial management of the various campaigns. Presumably, many of these sketch maps were destroyed or discarded after their immediate use. Those that survive have received little scholarly notice. Attention is drawn in this article to a large and well-documented collection produced during the campaign in Russia in 1812 and subsequently amassed by the Saxon cartographer Ferdinand Heinrich August von Larisch. The operational value of the military croquis is examined and the relationship between cartographic poetics and historical representation considered.

AB - During the Napoleonic Wars the military croquis, or sketch map, played an important role in the spatial management of the various campaigns. Presumably, many of these sketch maps were destroyed or discarded after their immediate use. Those that survive have received little scholarly notice. Attention is drawn in this article to a large and well-documented collection produced during the campaign in Russia in 1812 and subsequently amassed by the Saxon cartographer Ferdinand Heinrich August von Larisch. The operational value of the military croquis is examined and the relationship between cartographic poetics and historical representation considered.

U2 - 10.1080/03085694.2014.845950

DO - 10.1080/03085694.2014.845950

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0308-5694

VL - 66

SP - 70

EP - 81

JO - Imago Mundi

JF - Imago Mundi

IS - 1

ER -